2022 Volkswagen Jetta
This year drew an ordinary 42 complaints for a Volkswagen Jetta — the model's median is 201. What they were about is the unusual part: 7.1% of them mention coolant, against 0.3% across the other years of this generation.
Generation 3 of the Volkswagen Jetta, which began in 2019. Everything below compares this year against the others in that generation, not against a different car wearing the same name.
NHTSA opened a defect investigation into this model year.
| Complaints filed | 42 |
|---|---|
| Median for this model | 201 |
| Involving a crash | 1 |
| Recalls | 1 |
| NHTSA crash rating | 5/5 |
| EPA combined | 34 mpg |
What the complaints were about
- coolant — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 0.3% across the other years of this generation (26×).
- different — 9.5% of this year's complaints, against 2.1% across the other years of this generation (4.5×).
- out warranty — 7.1% of this year's complaints, against 1.4% across the other years of this generation (5.2×).
Words owners used for the same problem are counted together, so a fault written four different ways is measured once. Grouped by which complaints they appear in, not by a list anyone wrote in advance.
What owners wrote
Car has been at the Henderson VW repair shop 30 days. Two months ago coolant light was on. Took it in and they topped it off. No paperwork. Next a 20,000 maintenance-. No alerts. Last month coolant light again. Took it in - blown head gasket at 22,000 miles.
The rear brake pads needed to be replaced when the car only had 30,530 miles. The dealer stated the pads and rotors needed to be replaced. At a different shop, they turned the rotors and replaced the rear brake pads. The service tech said he had never seen a c…
Verbatim from NHTSA complaint filings, with identifying details removed.
Recalls for this year
- 22V514000 BACK OVER PREVENTION Fixed free of charge.
How this was worked out
Every year of the Volkswagen Jetta was compared against its own history rather than against other cars, which removes popularity and age from the answer — a common car draws more complaints at equal reliability, and an older one has had longer to accumulate them. A year is flagged when it drew at least 2.5× this model's median and at least 50 complaints.
This is a fault record, not a review. Nobody files a federal complaint to say the car was fine, so it shows what tends to go wrong — not whether owners liked it, and not whether it is a good car.
Source: NHTSA complaints, recalls and investigations, retrieved . Look this vehicle up directly on NHTSA's site to check anything here.
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